Honda F1 boss Yusuke Hasegawa says he is "very ashamed" that Fernando Alonso was hit with a grid penalty for yet another engine change, and at Honda's home race. read more »

With engine and gearbox penalties in play, Sunday's Japanese GP grid looks rather different to the timesheet at the end of qualifying. read more »

The German is aiming for points on Sunday, and will start eleventh thanks to Fernando Alonso's grid penalty. read more »

The Frenchman has been promoted to fifth for tomorrow's race after penalties mixed up the grid. read more »

The Spaniard starts at the rear of the grid in Japan after an engine change penalty, and he expects it to be difficult to break into the top ten during Sunday's race. read more »

The Finn will start tenth on the grid on Sunday thanks to a gearbox penalty, which came about thanks to a free practice crash earlier in the day. read more »

Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen says Qualifying ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix wasn't ideal for him as starts the race from fourth on the grid. read more »

Amended starting grid for the Japanese Grand Prix after penalties applied. read more »

The Australian will start third on the grid in Japan and he hopes to claim his first podium at Suzuka on Sunday. read more »

The German qualified third but will start alongside championship rival Lewis Hamilton on the front row of the grid on Sunday. read more »

Toto Wolff says the current Formula 1 grid penalty system looks ‘ridiculous’ and wants rule changes. read more »

Fernando Alonso does not expect miracles for McLaren-Honda at Suzuka on Sunday starting last on the grid. read more »

Honda Formula 1 boss Yusuke Hasegawa says he is "ashamed" by the grid penalty Fernando Alonso has incurred for McLaren-Honda's home race in Japan read more »

A first-row grid position rewarded Seb's efforts today, while Kimi had a troublesome Saturday. read more »

Esteban Ocon is hoping for his maiden Formula 1 podium finish in the Japanese Grand Prix after benefitting from his rivals' grid penalties read more »

Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen says he's paid for a costly FP3 mistake as he prepares to start the Japanese Grand Prix from 10th on the grid. read more »

Kimi Raikkonen has put his costly FP3 crash at Suzuka down to driver error. Raikkonen will start the Japanese Grand Prix from 11th on the grid once he serves a grid penalty... read more »

Sebastian Vettel is confident he can put polesitter and championship rival Lewis Hamilton under pressure at the Japanese Grand Prix having secured second on the grid. Vettel... read more »

Valtteri Bottas was happy to come out on top in the battle of the Finns, who both have five-place grid penalties to contend with in Japan. read more »

Valtteri Bottas played his part in Mercedes locking out the front row in Japanese Grand Prix qualifying, but will drop from P2 to P7 due to a grid penalty. read more »

Sebastian Vettel says he took extra risk in the final part of qualifying for Formula 1's Japanese Grand Prix because of Valtteri Bottas's grid penalty, but it... read more »

Lewis Hamilton enjoyed an impressive run in qualifying as he topped every session on his way to pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix. He is set to start alongside... read more »

Lewis Hamilton claimed his first pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix, shattering the lap record with Sebastian Vettel joining him on the front row of the grid. The... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen takes a new gearbox following his crash in final practice at Suzuka, triggering a five-place grid penalty. read more »

Jolyon Palmer becomes the latest driver to be hit with a grid penalty for the Japanese Grand Prix after Renault makes changes to his power unit. read more »